It’s 2099 and hundreds of millions of people have lost their homes to rising waters, fires, and drought. Powerful corporations are trying to fill the power vacuum left by vastly underfunded and weakened governments, many of which have disappeared.

Two teenagers from a privileged corporate enclave in the Boston area rebel, searching for a way to contribute to a better world. After joining forces with a ragtag group of refugees who preach empathy and self-reliance, they head for the warming Arctic, where many are headed to seek a better life in those new lands.

But all is not well. They find many of the same obstacles as in their old home, and some different ones. Yet for the first time, they see how humankind can make a new beginning.

Mark Schlack has been a journalist for forty years, writing extensively on information technology at publications such as BYTE and the TechTarget family of websites. Schlack is a past president of the American Society of Business Press Editors, from which he received numerous awards for his writing and editing. He’s also a recipient of the Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Award.
Schlack received a BA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. He also studied electronic engineering at Northeastern University and biology at Harvard University Extension School. He previously published the novel Replay Earth. He is the proud father of two adult daughters with his longtime partner and wife, author Julie Wittes Schlack.